MapServer Foundation - Name of . . .
Bob Basques
bob.basques at CI.STPAUL.MN.US
Wed Nov 30 11:46:03 PST 2005
Another version . . .
just:
"Spatial Foundation"
Pretty all inclusive as far as being an umbrella ORG. Kinda forks off
into the product naming a bit easier too. The MapServer naming in the
Foundation aspect seems to be a limiting aspect IMO.
SF-MapServer
SF-MapGuide
Sf-Whatever . . .
Still pondering . . .
bobb
Bob Basques wrote:
>Hmmm, how about . . .
>
>"Open Spatial Foundation"
>
>Kinda has a ring to it, short acronym OSF, seems easy to remember, in
>acronym form anyway.
>
>Still thinking about it though . . .
>
>bobb
>
>Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>
>
>
>>Why limit it to webmapping only? This would exclude things like PostGIS, =
>>uDIG etc. from joining.
>>
>>My suggestion would be Open Source GIS Foundation or Open Source GIS =
>>Software Foundation.
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Bart
>>
>>
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